Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Better Beaches Program 2017

In June, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay awarded more than $55,000
in Better Beaches Program Grants to support more than 40 free beach events and
activities on the Boston Harbor region’s public beaches this summer.

This year’s grant recipients include 27 organizations in 9
waterfront neighborhood neighborhoods and beachfront communities from Nahant to
Nantasket, including groups from Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston,
South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull.

This year’s Better
Beaches Program Grants will fund concerts and sand sculpting
competitions, beach festivals, movie nights, free kayak lessons and aquatics
instruction, Art on the Shore and Storytelling by the Sea on public beaches
from Nahant to Nantasket.

Here's a list of this year's events. We hope to see you on the beach!

Lynn And Nahant

Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach: Summer Concert
Series every Thursday evening 6:00-8:00pm & Kids Day Festival on 7/29 at Red Rock Park on Lynn
Shore Drive from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

Friends of Heritage State Park: World Music
Festival on 9/16 from 1:00-6:30 at Lynn Heritage State Waterfront Park.

Revere
Beach

Revere Beach Partnership: Revere Beach Partnership
Festival Series including the annual International Sandsculpting Festival on
7/21-7/23, the Revere Beach Art Festival on 9/16, and the Great Pumpkin Dash
and Fall Festival on 10/15 at Revere Beach!WinthropFriends of Belle Isle Marsh: Friends of Belle Isle
Marsh Summer Series including the Harvest Festival on 10/1, Canoe Day, Beach
Explorations, and more!Friends of Winthrop Beach: Friends of Winthrop
Beach Summer Series including the US Navy Pops Concert at Ingleside Park at 7:00pm on 9/16, free stand up
paddleboard lessons, Movie Night on Winthrop Beach to watch Pirates of Caribbean
on 8/19 at 8:00pm, the Five Sisters Swim and more!

Winthrop Chamber of Commerce: Family Day at the
Beach on Yirrell Beach on 7/15

East Boston

East Boston YMCA: YMCA Fun Fridays every Friday at
Constitution Beach from 7:00-8:00pm, and trips to the Harbor IslandsNeighborhood of Affordable Housing: Kayaks at
Constitution Beach

South
Boston

BCYF Curley Community Center: Curley Community
Center Summer Series including the Annual L Street Night on 8/23, Beauties and
the Beach, Curley Fishing Program, Teen Get Together, Girls Event and more!Mass Kiting: 3rd Annual International Kiteboarding
Film Festival on Pleasure Beach on 8/22 at 8:00pm.

South Boston Neighborhood House: Family Fun Nights
on the Beach at Carson Beach, and a special Family Fun Night including fire
juggling clowns from the Boston Circus Guild on 8/3 and OlliePalooza on 7/27 at
Moakley Park!

On the
Harbor & the Boston Harbor IslandsRhythym Room Records: Aquapalooza on 7/15 on
Peddocks Island, and SoundWaves at Spectacle Island on 7/29.

The Fishing Academy: Fishing Academy Summer Harbor
and Islands Program all summer long

Pokemon Festival: Pokemon Go on the Beach.

Boston Harbor Explorers @ DCR's Carson Beach

Greater Boston YMCA: Free Swimming Lessons at
Carson Beach

YES: Outdoor
Adventure: Stand-Up Paddleboard for Boston Youth

To get more information on any of these events, please contact Better Beaches Program Coordinator Maddie Clair at clair@savetheharbor.org.

Thanks to Metropolitan Beaches Commission Co-Chairs Senator Tom McGee and Representative
RoseLee Vincent and the legislative and community members of the Commission for
making this great program possible.

Thanks also to the Department of Conservation and Recreation and our foundation funding partners, The Boston Foundation,
the Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, and the Harold
Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust for their support.

Thanks as
well to corporate sponsors Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue, P&G
Gillette, National Grid, Beacon Capital Partners, LLC, Airbrush Unlimited,
Inc., Comcast, Google and the hundreds of individual participants and
donors to the Harpoon Shamrock Splash, and a special thanksto
Syam Buradagunta and the Blue Sky Collaborative, whose fundraising platform has
helped make the Better Beaches Program a success since its inception in 2008.

To learn
more about the Better Beaches Program visit Save the
Harbor/Save the Bay’s blog, Sea, Sand & Sky at www.blog.savetheharbor.org, or
follow savetheharbor on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Welcome!

Save the Harbor/Save the Bayis a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region's public beaches, Boston's waterfront and the marine environment and share them with the public, for everyone to enjoy.

Since 1986, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay has been the driving force behind the transformation of Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest urban harbors in America to one of the cleanest in the world.

As a result of our advocacy, Boston Harbor has been transformed from a "Harbor of Shame" into a source of recreational, educational and economic opportunity and civic pride. Today the beaches of South Boston are among the cleanest urban beaches in the nation, the Boston Harbor Islands are a National Park, and Boston's waterfront has become a compelling destination for residents and visitors alike.

Working with a broad base of civic, corporate, government, scientific, philanthropic and community partners, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay continues to strengthen the connections between communities and the harbor, and promote the increasingly important impact Boston Harbor has on the region’s economy.

Each year Save the Harbor / Save the Bay runs 2 freeYouth Environmental Education Programs that combine recreation and hands-on education to bring Boston Harbor alive for thousands of Boston area young people. Since 2003, we have connected nearly 250,000 youth and teens to Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region's public beaches and Boston's waterfront.

Our "Boston Harbor Explorers" program serves thousands of young people at the Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown, the Piers Park Sailing Center and Constitution Beach in East Boston, DCR's Carson Beach in South Boston, at Community Boating on the Charles River, on Black's Creek in Quincy, and at Camp Harbor View on Long Island and at The Boston Children's Museum.Our"All Access Boston Harbor"program departs weekdays from the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in South Boston, and brings thousands of youth and teens from more than 100 community groups to Georges or Spectacle Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park on the Provincetown II.

OurBetter Beaches Program supports dozens of free events and activities on the region's public beaches each year in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull.

We hope we can count on you as we share Boston Harbor with 30,000 young people on 28 free island excursions and at 40 free events and programs on the region's public beaches in 2018.For more information about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay please visit our website at www.savetheharbor.org